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EU court scraps sanctions against Iran firm

An EU court Tuesday ruled sanctions against Iran’s biggest shipping line, IRISL, be lifted because the EU did not provide evidence it is aiding Iran’s alleged nuclear arms programme. The head of an Iranian bank, EDIB, which recently got off the blacklist, said the EU had caused it "massive losses."

Central European countries say they have "nothing to hide" on rule of law issues - while justice commissioner Vera Jourova said they should agree to the Commission's controversial budget plans on rule of law conditionality.

Giovanni Buttarelli, the European data protection supervisor, says the EU-US data sharing pact known as Privacy Shield will play an increasingly minor role given the general data protection regulation.